REVOLT IN CHINA.
MUTINIES BREAK OUT. MASSACRES AND FIRES. GENERAL UPHEAVAL FEARED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright, Received June 21, 9.55 p.ii. Pekin, June 20. The Dragoon Festival has passed and the Government remains afloat, but foreigners at many points in the interior feel they are living on a volcano which any day may burst into flames. The Government failed to pay interest on the domestic loan, but an immediate financial crisis was averted by mortgaging the future. Symptoms of the times are mutinies at Ichang and Wuchang, where native troops ran amok, robbing, burning and killing indiscriminately. Several hundred innocent Chinese were massacred and considerable damage was done to foreigners’ property. One mile of the principal streets in Wuchang was laid waste. The mutineers were allowed to escape in trains packed with loot. Troops in other districts were temporarily pacified by the part payment of arrears, but they are likely to join a widespread revolt any moment.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 June 1921, Page 5
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159REVOLT IN CHINA. Taranaki Daily News, 22 June 1921, Page 5
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